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-1. MCFARLAND.

COOKING UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 2. 191s,

l ,305,8 18. Patented June 3, 1919.

,INVENTOR ATTORNEY NIXN', or NEW YORK, N. Y.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MGFARLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing'at New York city, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking Utensils, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to an improvement in cooking utensils and more particularly to devices of this sort intended for use in cooking vegetables, soups, and otherF like eatables, which contain solids which would in the ordinary culinary vessel fall to thebottom and remain there in an inert state where scorching or burning might occur, and it is an object of my invention to provide a utensil which is so constructed that the' vegetables or other solids which are being boiled will be held out of contact with the bottom of the liquid containing receptacle, thus insuring that thecontents of the utensil will not be scorched or burned. l

Yet another `object is to 'provide a structure which permits use of the utensil asa steamer and has in this adaptation, means to support the food which is being steamed `at a point to have steam passed therethrough and therearound. Y Y Y j t, v

With the above and other objects 1n view,

vmy invention 'consists in certain novelV fea.-l

tures of construction and the combination n of parts which will be hereinafterv set forth in connection'with the drawings and thenV more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings Y Figure 1 is a view kin vertical section of my inventiom'and Fig. 2 isa view thereof in plan. l

In the form of the device as shown in Figs. `l and 2, the outer container 25 is a liquid-tight vessel of substantially standard form and construction with the exception that adjacent to the handle V2 thereof it is preferable-that theY upper edge ofthe sidel wall Ybe out or notched away slightly as indicated at 26.

The device comprises a containerV 19 of' Y. sheet metal, perforated throughout to permit the free passage of fluid. As shown7 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jullie 3, 1919, Application iled Qctober 2, 1916. Serial No. 123,395. I

- perforations 20 are formed in the side wall of the container, and the bottom 21 thereof is formed with the perforations 22. Leg members 23 and extension leg members 24 are provided, and are formed for dove-tailed interlocking engagement, suitable set-screws or pins being provided to hold these parts in the proper set'relations.

v As stated above the outer container 25 h'as a notch 26 formed in the rim thereof to permit fitting of the handle 27 by which the inner container 19 may be lifted.

The foods which are to be cooked by steaming are placed in the cage-like container 19 and water is poured into the outer container 25 to the proper level to either come upV slightly into the container 19 or to rise to a level below this containerI and when the utensil is placed at such a point that heat is applied thereto, steam will be generated as the water boils and the food products supported in the container 19 will be steam-cooked.

vl/Vhile I have herein shown and described only a specific form of the device, it will be understood that a greater or lesser number of leg and extension leg members than here shown may be used, that various other forms of slide joints may be constructed prising an outer vessel having a notch formed in its rim, `an inner vessel formed Vwith a plurality of series of vertically spaced openings extending around the vessel, ex-

tensible supporting legs for theinner vessel to support the same upon the bottom of the outer vessel Vand to position said inner vessel at various heights, a bent handle having one `end provided with a vertical series of apertures and the other end extending through *Y the notch of the outer vessel, and abolt ex- In testimony 'viv/hereof.. aiiizimy Signatnre l tendingthrough one of the apertures ofthe in presence ofl'tWo witnesses.- handle and into one of the apertures,` ofthe Y inner vessel, whereby to permit the handle to Witnesses v 'f5 -be retained in thenotc'h in different lposi- JAMES A. CALLAHAN,

" tions of'said inner vessel.' FRANCIS T. LEONARD.

VCopies of this patent: may be obtained for nvecents `eaeh, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. Y v Y Y JOHN MQBTARLAn]'D 

